Cloud Seeding Trial In Parts Of Delhi, Artificial Rain Likely Soon

A cloud-seeding trial - to stimulate rainfall - has been completed over parts of Delhi, and the plane that conducted the exercise has returned to its base in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, sources told NDTV Tuesday afternoon. The city, choking under a predictable annual blanket of toxic smog, now awaits that rainfall.

However, sources said rain is not expected before 5 pm as the moisture content in clouds above the city, at this time, is less than 20 per cent. At such low levels, the chances of rain are usually low.